I might have been in first and Simon might be one of the last. I thought it kind of appropriate that I give him a send off to remember.Come on you can...ride with me," I said. I drove the candy cane truck to a Hotel on Jefferson Island. It was the one where the victim Wilson told me about stayed. I wanted to see how the staff acted anyway, it was good excuse to do that. The marine wore shorts and a tee shirt with a motto, "First to die, US Marines' printed on it."Hello, do you have a room with an. "There was a brief pause while she pictured a baby that large. She squirmed in her seat. "Eeew! A Caesarian section sounds better."I shrugged. "The scar would be much worse than your dark spots." Eeew!"Charlie "Doc" Branson was leaving the barn as we roared into the parking area. He waved to let me know that everything was okay and dropped his medical bag. The leather case looked far older than Doc's sixty-odd years."No cause for alarm," he said as I braked. His eyes flickered across the front. LeFronte was a junior officer in the USN and was eager to rescue Commander Nelson and her crew of survivors. He was also eager to make planetfall and see if there were any new creatures on Carmody 3.Commander Nelson and her 'crew' of four plus the disabled Sunny Li took one of the shuttles up to meet them. As senior officer, she instructed leFronte to keep all his personnel on board the ship, pending further instructions from higher authority. "There are sentients on Carmody 3," she said.. I did manage to get some good sleep, and I awoke to Tara giving me a sponge bath, my hands still bound, and a collar around my neck chained to the rails behind me, I was still a captive with no options. Tara was being much more gentle to me this morning, even feeding me breakfast, brushing my teeth, and putting me in a nice robe after my bath. After feeding me and cleaning me up Tara lead me like a dog with that chain to a bedroom and chained me to the wall, but did let me lay on the bed, she.